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StoryCorpsWatch Tony Goldwyn, actor and activist, and Ben Sauceda, non-profit leader and father, take One Small Step. One Small Step brings people with different views together to record a conversation — not...

CPB Announces 2025 Grant for Four New Public Radio Hubs for StoryCorps’ One Small StepWASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2025) — Through a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), StoryCorps has announced four new public radio stations as part of its One Small Step initiative, which helps bridge partisan divides through civil conversations. KGNU in Boulder, CO; Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, IL; WKU in Bowling Green, KY; and WYSO in Yellow Springs, OH; will receive training, production support, and professional recording equipment from StoryCorps, enabling them to facilitate and share One Small Step conversations within their communities.

A 30 Year Dungeons and Dragons Game Gets Upended By PoliticsTom Candela and Michael Youssouf share how their 30 year Dungeons and Dragons game was upended by political differences.

Four Stations Join "One Small Step" Initiative - Radio WorldStoryCorps said four public radio stations have joined its One Small Step initiative with the help of money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Handling Difficult Conversations at Thanksgiving | Dartmouth

‘It's hard to hate up close’: Val Demings and Ted Yoho take StoryCorps’ One Small StepWhen Democrat Val Demings served in congress alongside Republican Ted Yoho, the pair did not get along. Demings and Yoho recently sat down for a StoryCorps One Small Step conversation.

Group seeks to bridge U.S. civic divide through conversationA nonprofit group is hoping to bridge the U.S. political divide by using a unique initiative that brings together people from opposite sides of the political spectrum. Jim Axelrod explains.

StoryCorps is helping bridge the political divide, One Small Step at a timeWhen he agreed to have a conversation with someone from the “other side” as part of the “One Small Step” initiative, an effort to bridge what seems to be an

Vanderbilt partners with StoryCorps’ ‘One Small Step’ to model conversations across dividesOne Small Step, which will operate as a component of Dialogue Vanderbilt, is an integral part of Vanderbilt’s ongoing effort to provide students, faculty, staff and community members the opportunities and tools to engage constructively across difference. This initiative, through meaningful, facilitated conversations, endeavors to empower the community to listen at least as much as they speak, keep their minds open to the possibility of persuasion, and allow for a broad range of opinions to be heard.

Taking One Small Step Toward a More Civil SocietyCPB President and CEO Pat Harrison, left, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, and StoryCorps CEO Sandra Clark at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference in Atlanta. StoryCorps, the public media organization that connects people through one-on-one conversations, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year by bringing together not just loved ones, but also strangers who don’t agree politically to find common ground.

Lohmann: Students at two Richmond high schools taking a 'small step' toward common ground with a project from the folks behind StoryCorpsIs there anything more elusive these days than common ground?

Dustin Wood’s Class Hosts “One Small Step” WorkshopConflict and communication breakdowns are often connected to poor listening. Perhaps this is unsurprising. Whether due to being distracted, jumping to conclusions, or thinking about how to respond to our interlocutor, many of us can struggle to be good listeners. Effective listening may prove especially challenging when we’re interacting with those who see the world...

Reducing toxic polarization – one conversation at a time | Dave IsayPodcast Episode · TED Talks Daily · 07/07/2024 · Subscribers Only · 18m

Nonprofit seeks to bridge the political divide through meaningful conversationIn a heightened political climate, an initiative from the nonprofit group StoryCorps seeks to find common ground through shared stories. Jim Axelrod explains.

StoryCorps program aims to bring Americans togetherStoryCorps is a popular feature on NPR – a series of people sharing compelling parts of their life stories, and now there’s a spinoff of sorts. People with differing political views are invited to have a conversation – one that will be edited and shared through social media. Sandy Hausman reports on One Small Step and the role Virginians are playing in its production.

An Invitation to be Vulnerable and Honest with a Strangerby Michele Christle People have long told me that I’m good at talking to strangers. They’re not wrong — I love talking to strangers — but I still have plenty of biases. Working as a facilitator for One Small Step in my community in rural Maine, however, has changed the way I relate to people…

StoryCorps aims to bridge political divide in RichmondWhen strangers Torski Dobson-Arnold and Kaitlin Johnston first sat down together for a conversation, they quickly realized they were very different.

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